Breaking legal news for Tuesday, July 21
Central Illinois
- Ohio trial starts for former Chiefs pitcher blamed in fan injury, Peoria Journal Star
Chicago area
- Pianist gets life in prison for killing ex and her mother, Chicago Sun-Times
- County to sue Burr Oak to recover expenses, Chicago Sun-Times
- Arbitration company to cease consumer work, Chicago Tribune
- Stroger to release cellphone records after being sued, Chicago Sun-Times
- Ex-cop gets probation in towing scam, Chicago Tribune
- Another Illinois cemetery accused of grave tampering, Chicago Bar-Tender
- 4 plead not guilty to Channahon murder, Joliet Herald News
Northern Illinois
- News conference to address charges against Rockford employee, Rockford Register Star
Southern Illinois
- Erbes named interim director of legal clinic, Saluki Times
- Belleville landlord accuses city of racist zoning, Belleville News-Democrat
- Lincoln Legal offers experienced help, The Southern.com
State
- U. of I. trustees to testify in admissions probe, State Journal-Register
Nation
- Roethlisberger's lawyer denies lawsuit claim that Steelers QB sexually assaulted woman in '08, Chicago Tribune
- GCs at top companies averaged $1.8 million in pay and bonuses last year, ABA Journal
- List of nation's top 100 highest-paid corporate general counsel, law.com
- Charges against Harvard Prof Gates, arrested at home, to be dropped, ABA Journal